29 m. ago Trump urged to ‘violently’ kill all drug traffickers as 11 die after U.S. boat strike

Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister has praised a U.S. strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs in the Caribbean

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40 m. ago Nurse suspended after complaining about sharing changing room with trans doctor issues new legal proceedings against health board and senior staff

Sandie Peggie was suspended from work at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, after complaining about being made to change next to trans medic Dr Beth Upton on Christmas Eve 2023.

Society

40 m. ago Emi Martinez breaks silence on Man Utd transfer snub with one

Emi Martinez had emerged as an option for Manchester United to bolster their goalkeeping department only for the Red Devils to eventually move for Royal Antwerp’s Senne Lammens

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49 m. ago Woman loses £5,000 to online scammer pretending to be astronaut ‘stuck in space and needing oxygen’

Victim was targeted in what police describe as romance scam, echoing a rise in online fraud worldwide

Economics

57 m. ago Foot model selling 'stinky' trainers 'run over by client she wouldn't let smell feet'

The woman's upper body was bruised and she suffered a friction burn, before the man tried to book a room in the same hotel he fled from.

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63 m. ago Mum found dead after going on 4am jog suffered 'unnatural death'

Rachel Booth, 38, died after going for a jog at 4am.

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82 m. ago Girl, 11, died after being found unresponsive in hotel pool on Fuerteventura, inquest hears

Francesca Mae Blease was found in the swimming pool in the town of Morro Jable in the south of the Canary Island on August 7.

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87 m. ago Iraqi asylum seeker 'raped and sexually assaulted woman' in London hostel after illegally crossing Channel on boat

Iraqi national Yousif Al-Maliki, 30, who is currently living at the Peckham Lodge Hotel has been accused of attacking a woman at the Astor Hostel in South Kensington.

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87 m. ago UK homeowners told to 'brace for invasion' when turning heating back on

As the weather eventually starts to cool down, there's a small threat waiting to take over

Society

89 m. ago Woman buys £5 mystery bag at car boot sale and is mortified when mum opens it

WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT: Bargain hunter Becky Chorlton admitted she felt like an 'idiot' after allowing her mum to open the bag, knowing it would likely contain some rather raunchy items

Economics

90 m. ago Grandad, 89, dies as moisturiser on his skin catches fire from spark on gas heater

Warnings have been issued after an 89-year-old grandfather spontaneously combusted at his Doncaster home due to a moisturising cream he had been using to treat a skin condition

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91 m. ago George Raveling, basketball Hall of Famer and man who influenced Michael Jordan’s Nike deal, dies aged 88

Raveling's family said Tuesday in a statement that he had ‘faced cancer with courage and grace’

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1 hour ago Woman quoted £700 for garden makeover ends up doing it herself for jaw

Many people spend a lot of money on home improvements, but one woman was able to transform her garden for a fraction of the cost and revealed the details online

Economics

2 h. ago ‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow

Russian national who applied for asylum on political grounds describes inhumane treatment while in US custodyUS immigration authorities have deported dozens of Russian asylum seekers to Moscow, including a serviceman wanted for desertion who has since been detained, the Guardian can reveal.At least two deportation flights operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) departed from the agency’s major detention hub in Alexandria, Louisiana and landed in Cairo, Egypt, where the asylum seekers were transferred to flights bound for Moscow with the cooperation of Egyptian and Russian authorities, according to interviews with passengers and human rights campaigners. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Bruised Rudy Giuliani pictured in body brace as he gives health update after horror car crash

The former New York City mayor sounded upbeat as he joked about his harness-like brace, but admitted he was still in pain and remains 'injured pretty badly.'

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2 h. ago Cruel carer stole £10,000 from frail dementia patient to fund tanning, KFC, Netflix habits

After pilfering the 91-year-old woman's bank card, she withdrew £7,700 from cash machines and splurged on purchases at Sports Direct, KFC, as well as groceries, fuel, cigarettes and alcohol

Economics

2 h. ago Man, 18, charged over 'kidnap' and death of woman who fell from Southampton flats

Tia Langdon died after suffering significant injuries following a fall from a balcony in Southampton last week and now a man arrested on suspicion of her murder has been charged

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2 h. ago Celebrate the rise of accessible design – it benefits everyone

I’ve spent almost a decade working in the luxury fashion industry because I want more representation and respect for disabled customersFashion is a vocabulary. Clothing communicates parts of who we are, what we are interested in and how we want to be seen. It reveals choices that we make – but it also exposes lack of choice.I am a disabled woman; I have dwarfism. My disability and stature is obvious and often shapes a first interaction. I’ve learned to love scouring through rails of clothes in high street stores and charity shops, and taking the items for alterations to make sure they fit. I know that if there are patterns or embroidery near the shoulder or ankle of a garment, altering it won’t work. I’ve found that jeans and trousers have to be elasticated at the back so they go over my hips with ease and don’t gape at the back. I’ve also learned that dresses and skirts should have an asymmetrical hemline to accommodate the curve in my spine. As I’ve got ol...

Politics

2 h. ago Trump’s aid cuts in east Africa led to unwanted abortion and babies being born with HIV – report

Doctors, nurses, patients and other experts describe the loss of decades of progress in beating the virus in 100 days after Pepfar was disruptedAid cuts in east Africa have led to cases of babies being born with HIV because mothers could not get medication, a rise in life-threatening infections, and at least one woman having an unwanted abortion, according to interviews with medical staff, patients and experts.A report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) sets out dozens of examples of the impact of disruption to Pepfar – the president’s emergency plan for aids relief – in Tanzania and Uganda. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Taylor Swift performed private concert for wrestler’s wife before she died of breast cancer

‘I think in a lot of ways, and I’ll get emotional saying this, she kind of bonded with the family,’ said Jeff Jarrett

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